All Nippon Airways Mileage Club - upgrade question - ANA v SQ

Hello

I had a question in regards to upgradeable tickets. I fly LAX to Tokyo about 2-3 times a year. I have mileage with ANA, but the upgradeable fares are quite pricey. I have points with Starwood and I was holding off on transferring to ANA Mileage club, as I'm not sure if I'll be able to purchase upgrade tickets at a reasonable fare in the near future. In looking at Singapore fares, it seems like the flexi fares are much cheaper. Obviously, I know that upgrades aren't guaranteed, but I want to feel like there is at least a possibility.

But, then I just read a thread on this forum that some say to go with UA MP because there is a smaller fuel surcharge, but that's for trying to get award tickets. I know that upgrades can only be used with Kris Flyer miles? So much info out there! I'm self employed, so when I fly to Japan to see my clients, its a business expense anyways, so I'm not concerned about getting free tickets, since its a business expense. Is it difficult to upgrade on Singapore?

Thanks!

On SQ, you can only upgrade using Y, B (and maybe S) class booked fares when using ANA miles to upgrade... but as you're asking this in the KF forum, I can only give you what KF allows. For your questions, I have no idea. So best if this question is asked over at the ANA forum as it pertains to them using your Mileage Club miles.

Moving this now...

Thx

Guy Betsy
Singapore Airlines Krisflyer forum co-mod

OP, I'm not clear on what you're asking. Do you already have points transferred to your AMC account and are asking about a redemption? Or are you instead asking about the likelihood of an op-up on SQ on the NRT-LAX route? The only question I can see is, "Is it difficult to upgrade on Singapore?" -- if so, then this should go back to the SQ KF forum.